BlockAlazon, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89835. The Survey maps it on the Metropolis quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Metropolis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Double Mtn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Alazon between 1999 and 2020, burning about 73,762 acres in total. 9 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Elko District Office | RAILROAD 2 |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | ROADWAY |
| 28 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Elko District Office | PELCHER CANYON |
| 10 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Elko District Office | SOUTH WELCOME |
| 25 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Elko County Fire Protection District | WELCOME |
| 23 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | GUN RANGE |
| 22 August 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | Elko District Office | NDFASSIS23 |
| 20 August 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Elko District Office | HOLBURN 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Alazon: 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Geothermal, Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Picture Rock | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | 1947 | |
| Sandstone Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Wells City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hot Springs Near Wells | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Hot Sulphur Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Vitric Tuff Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Vitric Tuff Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Wells Pumice | Pumice | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122545683 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856181. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.